On Dec. 1, 2007, Delta SkyMiles is changing the availability of SkyChoice awards. At the highest redemption rate, SkyChoice awards offered SkyMiles members the ability to get an award seat on any plane where there were seats available for purchase. Not so from December, when SkyChoice award seats “will be limited and possibly unavailable on some flights.”

Ron, a FlyerTalk member whose username is “DLfan” had this to say that sums up the situation quite well: “I have used it for family members and appreciated the security blanket it provided. I’m disappointed by this latest restriction. Previously, I vigorously defended Delta’s redemption policies, because when all else failed, there was ALWAYS SkyChoice. With that no longer the case, Delta has lost at least one vigorous defender.”